KAUS is a radio station

Radio station

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 that broadcasts a news and information format. Licensed to Austin

Austin, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 23,314 people, 9,897 households, and 6,076 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,168.2 people per square mile . There were 10,261 housing units at an average density of 954.3 per square mile...

, Minnesota

Minnesota

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, U.S.

United States

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, the station serves the Mower County

Mower County, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 38,603 people, 15,582 households, and 10,315 families residing in the county. The population density was 54 people per square mile . There were 16,251 housing units at an average density of 23 per square mile...

 area. The station is currently owned by Three Eagles Communications

Three Eagles Communications

Three Eagles Communications, Inc. is a media company based in Lincoln, Nebraska. It operates 50 radio stations in Nebraska, Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, and South Dakota. Rolland Johnson is chief executive officer, and Gary Buchanan is president and chief operating officer.The company was acquired...

.

History

KAUS' transmitter site is adjacent to its studios south of Austin. It originally began broadcasting with the call letters of KAAL and housed the earliest incarnation of the television station known today as KAAL

KAAL

KAAL is the ABC-affiliated television station for the Driftless Area of Southeastern Minnesota and North-Central Iowa. Licensed to Austin, Minnesota, the station broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 33 from a transmitter southeast of Grand Meadow, Minnesota in Eastern Mower...

(formerly KAUS-TV) in its rural Austin studios.

The radio station's notable personality is "Champagne" Duane Germaine whose tenure at the station has surpassed all others.

External links

• KAUS official website